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Endocrinology Service | Waitematā
North Shore Hospital
Contact Details
Phone (09) 486 8900
Freephone 0800 80 93 42 - Waitemata DHB residential areas only
Patient enquiries:
(09) 486 8930
Emergency Department: Open 24 hours / 7 days, Phone (09) 486 8900
Street Address
Shakespeare Road
Takapuna
Auckland 0620
Postal Address
Health NZ Waitematā
Private Bag 93503
Takapuna
Auckland 0740
What is Endocrinology ?
Endocrinology is the science of hormones. Hormones are chemicals produced by one part of the body and act upon another part.
Your endocrinologist is a specialist doctor interested in diseases that affect your hormones. The major areas endocrinologists work in are:
- diabetes
- osteoporosis & Paget’s disease
- calcium metabolism disorders
- thyroid diseases
- sex hormone imbalances
- disorders of growth and development
- disorders of the pituitary gland and adrenal glands.
- You will be referred by your General Practitioner (GP) to an endocrinologist if you have a problem with any part of your endocrine system (the system that makes hormones). Your referral will be prioritised (given a position on a list of other referrals) depending on the disease and its severity.
- The average waiting time before an appointment at a clinic ranges from 2 weeks to 6 months, depending on priority.
- You may be asked to undergo some tests or fill in a questionnaire before seeing the doctor in the clinic to help with the diagnosis.
- You will see either a specialist or a registrar (a doctor training to become a specialist who works under the supervision of a specialist).
- You may have ongoing follow-up in the clinic or have your treatment carried out by your GP with advice from the specialist.
- The WDHB Endocrinology Service does not undertake treatment of infertility.
Pituitary gland disorders
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/public/endocrinology/endocrinology-service-waitemata/